✦ History

Part of Peninsular War

Battle of Bussaco

September 27, 1810 · Battle of Bussaco

Result Anglo-Portuguese victory

Wellington beat Masséna's attacks on the Bussaco ridge, then fell back to the Lines of Torres Vedras.

On the map Contemporaries

French Empire and allies

Coalition

France
Portugal
United Kingdom
Michel Ney military commander André Masséna military commander Jean Reynier military commander
Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington military commander Luís do Rego Barreto military commander

Strength and losses

Strength
65,900c. 58,000
Casualties
4,500c. 4,500
Guns
114
Strength
c. 32,000
Casualties
c. 1,300

Units

French Army of Portugal (1810–1813)
Anglo-Portuguese Army Wellington's army in the Peninsula (1809–1814) 5th Infantry Division (United Kingdom) Loyal Lusitanian Legion